eyepennies

i will return here one day

and dig up my bones from the clay

i buried nails and strings and hair

and that old tooth i believe was a bear's

i held my hand in the fire

it burned me down to the wires

blood suckers hide beneath my bed

and black fumes of skin so gently bled

i slept with a cat on my breast

slowing my heart stealing my breath

at sunrise the monkeys will fly

and leave me with pennies in my eyes

i will return here one day

and dig up my bones from the clay

i buried nails and string and hair

and that old tooth i believe was a bear's

at sunrise the monkeys will fly

and leave me with pennies in my eyes